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Hmmm, you might want to reconsider the Stevens. The action looks pretty strong and it is an all new design, not a remake of the old 310 model.

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First off the gun you are discribeing is not a Stevens, or a Savage, but a BIAKAL, the same one that is the basis for the $600 double rifle everyone is talking about! This is still an action that is not strong enough to take a steady diet of 375 FLanged Mag. Though the cartridges chambered in the rifle version of this action, are in the 45, to 50,000 lb range, they are very small in diameter, and are wrapped in considerable chamber walls. Additionally the foot print of the case head is small as well. Even with those conditions, I believe this rifle will shoot loose in short order, even with the little 308,In the double rifle cloths.

I will more than likely buy one,in 45-70, and slip the barrels out, and replace them with a pair of 20" tubes for something like a 22 Hornet, 218 Bee,45 Long Colt, or 357 Mag, and regulate it to 100 yds for shooting coyotes called in with a predater call! I certainly will not barrel it for anything near a 375 H&H FL!

I may, very well, be wrong,I was once, back in 1941, but I don't see how anyone can build a double of any quality needed to hold serious rifle cartridges, and sell it for $600 USD.

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